Building construction



July 21, 1925.

A. ARNN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed July 30, 1923 WITNESS:

Patented July 21, 19725 UNITED STATES ALBERT ARNN, OF NORTHVALE, NEWJERSEY.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application led July 30, 1923.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT AnNN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Northvale, in the county of Bergen and State of NewJersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in BuildingConstructions, of which the following is a spec1- lication.

This invention relates to building construction.

Some of the objects of the present invention are :.-To erect a buildingconstruction in which by Virtue of the use of a novel form of block allcosts in obtaining a certain result are reduced to a minimum; a buildingconstruction in which use is made of a novel form of building block, anovel form of brick, iiooring, laths and other material, by virtue ofwhich an inner and outer wall is had with air space therebetween, andflooring properly supported to produce a building block having a furringstrip attached to a part thereof by virtue of means which has a portionsurrounding` said furring strip, and which has a portion implanted inparts of the block to attain the attachment of the furring strip and toreinforce the block. vWith these and other objects in view, theinvention residesin the particular provision, relative disposition andfunctions of the constituents hereinafter fully described andillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is aperspective view of a portion of an incomplete construction erected inaccordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the blocks.

Figure 5 is a sectional View through one of the blocks.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the bricks.

-Referring now more particularly to the several views of the drawing forall of the details, it will be apparent that use is made of an especialtype of block 10 and an especial type of brick 11 as principal elementsfor the construction to be obtained. Each block 10 in the presentinstance is preferably L-shaped to provide a part 12 and a part 13. Theparts l2 and 13 are therefore relatively angularly disposed and at theangle between the parts there is a re- Serial No. 654,703.

cess 14 having an inclined face 15. A furring strip 16 preferably ofwood is attached to the part 13 of the block to form a part thereof, andis attached thereto by virtue of means in the form of roughened wires orthe like 17 each of which has a portion 18 which surrounds the strip 16and a portion 19 implanted in the parts 12, this being accomplished inthe molding of the block. The block l0 is of two types, in that the part13 of one type of block is of less height than the similar part of theother type of block for a reason to appear. The blocks are arranged insuperposed layers in staggered relationship, and in certain layers thetype of block shown in Figure 4 is used so as to accommodate a timber 20which in reality is adapted to support the iiooring. The fact that theblocks are arranged in staggered relationship necessitates the use ofthe bricks so as to afford vertical rows of brick and block portions. Onreference to Figure 6 it will be apparent that each brick 11 has afurring strip 21 attached thereto to form a part thereof by means 22 inthe nature of wires, a portion of each of which surrounds the strip 2land portions of which are implanted in the brick in the moldingoperation. The vertical rows of bricks and block portions with theirfurring strips afford means to which laths 23 are attached, and suitablematerial 24 is applied to the laths 23 to complete the double wallconstruction; an outer wall 25 and an inner wall 26 with an air space 27therebetween; one side edge of the timber being held spaced from theouter wall 25 to allow the free circulation of air. In the assemblage ofthe blocks 10 the end portion ofl the part 12 of each block fits intothe recess 14 of the adjoining block in the same layer to provide aneffectual ioint and to hold the blocks against displacement.

What is claimed as new is l. In a building construction, spaced innerand outer walls built of blocks, each of said blocks comprising a partwhich goes to make up the outer wall and a part which goes to make upthe inner wall, certain of said last mentioned parts being recessed forco-action with each other to receive a supporting timber, a furringstrip attached to the part which goes to make up the inner wall; lathsattached to the furring strips of the blocks to complete the inner wall,the blocks bcing arranged in layers in staggered reluiionship, part ofone bleek lit-ting in :i recess el: unoihei: block in the same layer Y2. A building block eoi'upiislng relatively angulzu'ly disposed parts,and a urring strip carried by one of said p'alts by Vii'Lue'o meanssurrounding the fufrng strip and reiuorcing the parts of the block, theheight of one of seid parts being less than the height of the otherpart." y

In testimony whereof I have a'HiXed my signature.

ALBERT ARNN.

